Shelter the Flame
Shelter the Flame (STF) is the first “Book” in the SparkQuest Metagame, covering the years 2020-2062. In the year 2020, The Triple Crisis causes Professor Mágoulo to awaken to a growing threat against the survival of planet Earth. Errors in the Human Construct have created an environment where Techno-Bio-Social Catastrophic Network Effects are impacting civilization and may lead to the extinction of life as we know it. Just as world leaders are heralding the rise of AI as our salvation, the Professor uncovers a disturbing truth that this hope is not what people think. Can he prepare his family for what is about to happen and lead his small band of friends to act before it’s too late?
Imperative: Seeing the inevitability of The Great Cataclysm, ProfMag founds the INDX project to develop Mágoulo’s Matrix — an “evolution seed” from which civilization and all life can indexed and reestablished. Now his team race to build the Matrix as the end of everything approaches!
STF Rules: Rules support building-style play. Play is creative mode with use of command-based mods like WorldEdit when necessary. Griefing is prohibited. Natural look and feel of world should be maintained.
Chapters
Gameplay
Play is split between the real world-current timeline (or near future) tracked on the MagSchool Group page and the SQTerra-Alpha Minecraft world as a simulated Earth. Assignments and activities in MagSchool are incorporated in the game story, either as they happened or adapted in some way. To start from the beginning, a player can work their way through the Chapters on this page.
Development
STF DEV – spoiler containing game development is tracked on the SparkCrafters forum where missions are planned and technical issues are tracked. STF missions, when complete, generally set up TSW missions.
Meta
Systems Innovations: Storage & Classification